Josh Cooper's hat trick

1:37 AM,
Feb. 21, 2013

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Josh Cooper
| The Tennessean

1 It's no shock that the Predators' offense is on solid footing with forward Patric Hornqvist back in the lineup. The numbers back it up. In Hornqvist's first game since suffering a sprained knee on Jan. 26, the Predators outshot Colorado 38-28. Hornqvist accounted for 12 of those shots - an obvious indicator that one player does make a difference. Also, the Predators scored two power-play goals in the two games since he came back. They had scored one in the previous five. Granted, they've had 11 chances with the man advantage, but at least they've converted. In the games Hornqvist missed, the ...